Ray ''Boom Boom'' Mancini, retired boxer, on his acting...

October 30, 1985|By Russ White

Ray ''Boom Boom'' Mancini, retired boxer, on his acting role in Steven Spielberg's television series, Amazing Stories: ''They wanted an ethnic- looking guy, muscular, but not a moose. They said a Charles Bronson-type, I said, 'You mean strong, but silent.' Now that was acting. I'd be giggling before scenes, then had to be serious when we started.''